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December 11, 2005
Four years of evolution
Kesher Talk was four years old on Saturday.
Kesher Talk was probably the first political blog with a specifically Jewish character, and the first Jewish neo-con blog. It was launched on December 10th, 2001, by Howard Fienberg. I joined the team in August of 2002, the Mesozoic Era of the political blogosphere, but Kesher Talk emerged in the Paleozoic, while the shock of 9-11 was still fresh. (I would say the Precambrian stretches out before 9-11 into the mists of the Archeon Eon of the blissfully optimistic dot.com era.)
I contributed longer, often contentious, essays (some of which are linked in the "Best of KT" on the left sidebar), while Howard concentrated on Instapundit-type news links and a series, "Jews in Odd Places." I collected a roundup of what I considered highlights from my first year.
In 2004, increased job responsibilities forced Howard to disengage from the blog, and I became its de facto owner. Since then Kesher Talk has added another regular blogger, and upgraded to its own domain name, a fancier layout, and ads. The Jewish blogosphere has grown enormously, even hosting its own annual awards. When we first hosted the Carnival of the Vanities, it was the only Blog Carnival around. Now there are carnivals for every topic imaginable. (We also pioneered the allusion to the well-known first verse of Kohelet, which later was independently conceived of for the Jewish Blog Carnival: Havel Havelim.)
This year we signed on at the lower tier of Pajamas Media, and look forward with interest to the further evolution of the blogosphere.
Judith | 12/11/05 at 10:04 PM | Categories: - Around the blogosphere
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Comments
Congratulations! This is a wonderful blog. I have been a fan for about 3 years.
Gail | December 12, 2005 06:55 AM
Congrats on four years of pontificating! :)
Solomon | December 12, 2005 02:28 PM
Congratulations to one of the liveliest and most interesting sites around! :-)
Christopher Johnson | December 12, 2005 06:13 PM
Congratulations! Drinks are on me next time I'm in NYC. ;)
Damian P. | December 12, 2005 07:46 PM
Congratulations, Judith! I learn so much here. I love this blog. Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to learning more and more.
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| December 12, 2005 08:46 PM
Mazal tov...and congrats on the nods over at the JIBs...
Esther Kustanowitz | December 12, 2005 10:27 PM
Well done! After 4 years of blogging insanity, you may be in need of therapy.
We'll be happy to extend professional courtesy.
Congrats!
sigmund, carl and alfred | December 13, 2005 03:40 PM
Mazel Tov. Keep up the good work.
Rona Wronker | December 13, 2005 07:42 PM
Congratulations.
Jack | December 14, 2005 02:07 AM
To use a steam-hammer to crack nuts. Bridget.
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